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Working Papers

2025

1. Axiomatic modeling of fixed proportion technologies
   Papers, arXiv.org

2024

2. Economic growth of cities: Does resource allocation matter?
   Papers, arXiv.org
3. Least-cost Decarbonization Pathways for Electricity Generation in Finland: A Convex Quantile Regression Approach
   ETLA Working Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
4. OPTIMAL INTERTEMPORAL BROADBAND INVESTMENTS TO PROMOTE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
   University of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper Series, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu (Estonia)
5. Overfitting Reduction in Convex Regression
   Papers, arXiv.org
6. Semi-parametric Estimation of Convex and Nonconvex By-Production Technologies
   Working Papers, IESEG School of Management

2023

7. Inter-industry and Intra-industry Switching as Sources of Productivity Growth: Structural Change of Finland’s ICT Industries
   ETLA Working Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
   See also Journal Article Inter-industry and intra-industry switching as sources of productivity growth: structural change of Finland’s ICT industries, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer (2024) (2024)
8. Modeling economies of scope in joint production: Convex regression of input distance function
   Papers, arXiv.org
   See also Journal Article Modeling economies of scope in joint production: Convex regression of input distance function, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer (2025) (2025)
9. Optimal resource allocation: Convex quantile regression approach
   Papers, arXiv.org

2022

10. Renewal Through Industry Switching and Its Impacts on Productivity
    ETLA Brief, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
11. Renewal of Companies: Industry Switching as a Form of Structural Change
    ETLA Reports, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy View citations (3)

2021

12. Design Flaw of the Synthetic Control Method
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
13. Lurking in the Shadows: The Impact of Emissions Target Setting on Carbon Pricing and Environmental Efficiency
    QBS Working Paper Series, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School

2020

14. Computing Synthetic Controls Using Bilevel Optimization
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Computing Synthetic Controls Using Bilevel Optimization, Computational Economics, Springer (2024) (2024)
15. How big is the bioeconomy?
    JRC Research Reports, Joint Research Centre View citations (22)

2018

16. Shape constrained kernel-weighted least squares: Estimating production functions for Chilean manufacturing industries
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Shape-Constrained Kernel-Weighted Least Squares: Estimating Production Functions for Chilean Manufacturing Industries, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (11) (2020)

2011

17. SUSTAINABLE EFFICIENCY OF FIRMS WHEN NEW SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS ARE INTRODUCED
    2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland, European Association of Agricultural Economists

2010

18. Technical and Economic Efficiency Measures under Short Run Profit Maximizing Behavior
    Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, IESEG School of Management (2008)
    Post-Print, HAL (2010) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Technical and Economic Efficiency Measures Under Short Run Profit Maximizing Behavior, Recherches économiques de Louvain, De Boeck Université (2010) View citations (5) (2010)

2009

19. (In)Efficient Management of Interacting Environmental Bads
    Discussion Papers, MTT Agrifood Research Finland View citations (1)
20. Neoclassical versus frontier production models? Testing for the skewness of regression residuals
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Neoclassical versus Frontier Production Models? Testing for the Skewness of Regression Residuals*, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2009) View citations (17) (2009)

2008

21. Measuring productivity differentials – An application to milk production in Nordic countries
    2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (8)

2006

22. Estimating Feedback Effect in Technical Change: A Frontier Approach
    Knowledge, Technology, Human Capital Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
    Also in Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (2006) View citations (1)
23. Stochastic Nonparametric Envelopment of Data: Combining Virtues of SFA and DEA in a Unified Framework
    Discussion Papers, MTT Agrifood Research Finland View citations (35)
24. Valuing Environmental Factors in Cost-Benefit Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis
    Sustainability Indicators and Environmental Valuation Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (2006) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Valuing environmental factors in cost-benefit analysis using data envelopment analysis, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (21) (2007)

2005

25. Conservation Payments under Risk: A Stochastic Dominance Approach
    Working Papers, University of Victoria, Resource Economics and Policy
    Also in Working Papers, University of Victoria, Department of Economics, Resource Economics and Policy Analysis Research Group (2004)
    Working Papers, University of Victoria, Resource Economics and Policy (2004)
    Working Papers, University of Victoria, Department of Economics, Resource Economics and Policy Analysis Research Group (2005) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Conservation Payments under Risk: A Stochastic Dominance Approach, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2006) View citations (33) (2006)
26. Eco-Efficiency Analysis of Consumer Durables Using Absolute Shadow Prices
    Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Eco-efficiency analysis of consumer durables using absolute shadow prices, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer (2007) View citations (22) (2007)
27. Firm and Industry Level Profit Efficiency Analysis Under Incomplete Price Data: A Nonparametric Approach based on Absolute and Uniform Shadow Prices
    Microeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2004

28. A Proposal for the Attribution of Market Leakage to CDM Projects
    HWWA Discussion Papers, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA) View citations (1)
29. Benchmarking Sustainable Development: A Synthetic Meta-index Approach
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (24)
    Also in Others, University Library of Munich, Germany (2002) View citations (19)
30. Data Envelopment Analysis in Environmental Valuation: Environmental Performance, Eco-efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Others, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)
31. Measuring Eco-efficiency of Production: A Frontier Approach
    Econometrics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)
32. On the Anatomy of Productivity Growth: A Decomposition of the Fisher Ideal TFP Index
    Econometrics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2003

33. The Law of One Price in Data Envelopment Analysis: Restricting Weight Flexibility Across Firms
    Microeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The law of one price in data envelopment analysis: Restricting weight flexibility across firms, European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier (2006) View citations (69) (2006)

2002

34. Modeling Blank Data Entries in Data Envelopment Analysis
    Econometrics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (15)
35. Stochastic Dominance Portfolio Analysis of Forestry Assets
    Finance, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2001

36. Non-Parametric Production Analysis under Alternative Price Conditions
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven
    Also in Public Economics Working Paper Series, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Working Group Public Economics (2001) View citations (3)
37. Non-Parametric Tests for Firm Efficiency in Case of Errors-in-Variables
    ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam View citations (1)
38. Stochastic Dominance Efficiency Tests under Diversification
    Finance, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
39. Testing for Productive Efficiency with Errors-in-Variables: with an application to the Dutch electricity sesctor
    ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam View citations (1)

2000

40. New Tools for Dealing with Errors-in-Variables in DEA
    Public Economics Working Paper Series, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Working Group Public Economics View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven (2000)

1997

41. Productive Efficiency in the Forest Industry: An International Industry-level Study
    Discussion Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Journal Articles

2025

1. Modeling economies of scope in joint production: Convex regression of input distance function
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2025, 63, (1), 69-86
   See also Working Paper Modeling economies of scope in joint production: Convex regression of input distance function, Papers (2023) (2023)

2024

2. Computing Synthetic Controls Using Bilevel Optimization
   Computational Economics, 2024, 64, (2), 1113-1136
   See also Working Paper Computing Synthetic Controls Using Bilevel Optimization, MPRA Paper (2020) View citations (6) (2020)
3. Convex support vector regression
   European Journal of Operational Research, 2024, 313, (3), 858-870 View citations (4)
4. Inter-industry and intra-industry switching as sources of productivity growth: structural change of Finland’s ICT industries
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2024, 61, (2), 107-120
   See also Working Paper Inter-industry and Intra-industry Switching as Sources of Productivity Growth: Structural Change of Finland’s ICT Industries, ETLA Working Papers (2023) (2023)
5. Nonparametric estimation of allocative efficiency using indirect production theory: Application to container ports in Norway
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2024, 62, (3), 365-377

2023

6. Generalized quantile and expectile properties for shape constrained nonparametric estimation
   European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, 310, (2), 914-927 View citations (3)
7. Lurking in the shadows: The impact of CO2 emissions target setting on carbon pricing in the Kyoto agreement period
   Energy Economics, 2023, 118, (C) View citations (5)
8. Market access and seaport efficiency: the case of container handling in Norway
   Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2023, 8, (1), 1-25 View citations (1)
9. Non-crossing convex quantile regression
   Economics Letters, 2023, 233, (C) View citations (3)
10. Performance analysis of English hospitals during the first and second waves of the coronavirus pandemic
    Health Care Management Science, 2023, 26, (3), 447-460 View citations (1)

2021

11. Effective purchasing reallocation to suppliers: insights from productivity dynamics and real options theory
    International Journal of Production Economics, 2021, 233, (C) View citations (3)
12. Shadow prices and marginal abatement costs: Convex quantile regression approach
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2021, 289, (2), 666-675 View citations (29)
13. Structural change decomposition of productivity without share weights
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2021, 59, (C), 120-127 View citations (8)

2020

14. Capital bias in the Nordic revenue cap regulation: Averch-Johnson critique revisited
    Energy Policy, 2020, 139, (C) View citations (5)
15. Conditional Yardstick Competition in Energy Regulation
    The Energy Journal, 2020, 41, (1_suppl), 67-92 View citations (1)
    Also in The Energy Journal, 2020, Volume 41, (Special Issue) (2020) View citations (6)
16. Forward-looking assessment of the GHG abatement cost: Application to China
    Energy Economics, 2020, 88, (C) View citations (13)
17. How much climate policy has cost for OECD countries?
    World Development, 2020, 125, (C) View citations (16)
18. Portfolio diversification based on stochastic dominance under incomplete probability information
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2020, 286, (2), 755-768 View citations (9)
19. Shape-Constrained Kernel-Weighted Least Squares: Estimating Production Functions for Chilean Manufacturing Industries
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020, 38, (1), 43-54 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Shape constrained kernel-weighted least squares: Estimating production functions for Chilean manufacturing industries, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) View citations (4) (2018)
20. What drives decarbonization of new passenger cars?
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2020, 284, (3), 1043-1057 View citations (7)

2017

21. Modeling joint production of multiple outputs in StoNED: Directional distance function approach
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2017, 262, (2), 792-801 View citations (42)

2016

22. Quality frontier of electricity distribution: Supply security, best practices, and underground cabling in Finland
    Energy Economics, 2016, 53, (C), 281-292 View citations (11)

2014

23. Is corruption grease, grit or a gamble? Corruption increases variance of productivity across countries
    Applied Economics, 2014, 46, (23), 2833-2849 View citations (2)

2013

24. A more efficient algorithm for Convex Nonparametric Least Squares
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2013, 227, (2), 391-400 View citations (30)
25. Consistent Aggregation of Generalized Sustainable Values from the Firm Level to Sectoral, Regional or Industry Levels
    Sustainability, 2013, 5, (4), 1-9 View citations (4)
26. Intertemporal efficiency analysis of sales teams of a bank: Stochastic semi-nonparametric approach
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2013, 37, (12), 5163-5175 View citations (19)
27. Modeling Cumulative Effects of Nutrient Surpluses in Agriculture: A Dynamic Approach to Material Balance Accounting
    Ecological Economics, 2013, 90, (C), 159-167 View citations (10)
28. Stochastic non-convex envelopment of data: Applying isotonic regression to frontier estimation
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2013, 231, (2), 481-491 View citations (16)
29. What is the best practice for benchmark regulation of electricity distribution? Comparison of DEA, SFA and StoNED methods
    Energy Policy, 2013, 61, (C), 740-750 View citations (56)

2012

30. One-stage and two-stage DEA estimation of the effects of contextual variables
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2012, 220, (2), 559-570 View citations (61)
31. Stochastic non-smooth envelopment of data: semi-parametric frontier estimation subject to shape constraints
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2012, 38, (1), 11-28 View citations (159)
32. Stochastic semi-nonparametric frontier estimation of electricity distribution networks: Application of the StoNED method in the Finnish regulatory model
    Energy Economics, 2012, 34, (6), 2189-2199 View citations (83)

2011

33. (In)Efficient Environmental Policy with Interacting Pollutants
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2011, 48, (4), 629-649 View citations (15)
34. Duality of weakly disposable technology
    Omega, 2011, 39, (5), 504-512 View citations (43)
35. Modelling weak disposability in data envelopment analysis under relaxed convexity assumptions
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2011, 211, (3), 577-585 View citations (81)
36. One-stage estimation of the effects of operational conditions and practices on productive performance: asymptotically normal and efficient, root-n consistent StoNEZD method
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2011, 36, (2), 219-230 View citations (64)

2010

37. Data Envelopment Analysis as Nonparametric Least-Squares Regression
    Operations Research, 2010, 58, (1), 149-160 View citations (99)
38. Firm and industry level profit efficiency analysis using absolute and uniform shadow prices
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2010, 202, (2), 584-594 View citations (35)
39. Technical and Economic Efficiency Measures Under Short Run Profit Maximizing Behavior
    Recherches économiques de Louvain, 2010, 76, (2), 163-173 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Technical and Economic Efficiency Measures under Short Run Profit Maximizing Behavior, Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain) (2010) View citations (5) (2010)

2009

40. Data envelopment analysis with missing data
    Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2009, 60, (12), 1767-1774 View citations (11)
41. Environmental cost-benefit analysis of alternative timing strategies in greenhouse gas abatement: A data envelopment analysis approach
    Ecological Economics, 2009, 68, (6), 1633-1642 View citations (19)
42. Exact decomposition of the Fisher ideal total factor productivity index
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2009, 31, (3), 137-150 View citations (13)
43. How not to measure sustainable value (and how one might)
    Ecological Economics, 2009, 69, (2), 235-243 View citations (21)
44. Neoclassical versus Frontier Production Models? Testing for the Skewness of Regression Residuals*
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2009, 111, (2), 351-367 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Neoclassical versus frontier production models? Testing for the skewness of regression residuals, MPRA Paper (2009) View citations (17) (2009)
45. Theory of integer-valued data envelopment analysis
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2009, 192, (2), 658-667 View citations (33)
46. Theory of integer-valued data envelopment analysis under alternative returns to scale axioms
    Omega, 2009, 37, (5), 988-995 View citations (19)

2008

47. Representation theorem for convex nonparametric least squares
    Econometrics Journal, 2008, 11, (2), 308-325 View citations (94)
48. Weak Disposability in Nonparametric Production Analysis: Reply to Färe and Grosskopf
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2008, 91, (2), 539-545 View citations (30)

2007

49. Eco-efficiency analysis of consumer durables using absolute shadow prices
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2007, 28, (1), 57-69 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Eco-Efficiency Analysis of Consumer Durables Using Absolute Shadow Prices, Public Economics (2005) View citations (3) (2005)
50. Non-parametric tests of productive efficiency with errors-in-variables
    Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 136, (1), 131-162 View citations (7)
51. Performance measurement and best-practice benchmarking of mutual funds: combining stochastic dominance criteria with data envelopment analysis
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2007, 28, (1), 71-86 View citations (7)
52. Valuing environmental factors in cost-benefit analysis using data envelopment analysis
    Ecological Economics, 2007, 62, (1), 56-65 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Valuing Environmental Factors in Cost-Benefit Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Sustainability Indicators and Environmental Valuation Working Papers (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2006

53. Conservation Payments under Risk: A Stochastic Dominance Approach
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 88, (1), 1-15 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Conservation Payments under Risk: A Stochastic Dominance Approach, Working Papers (2005) (2005)
54. Specification and Estimation of Production Functions Involving Damage Control Inputs: A Two-Stage, Semiparametric Approach
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 88, (2), 499-511 View citations (22)
55. The law of one price in data envelopment analysis: Restricting weight flexibility across firms
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2006, 170, (3), 735-757 View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper The Law of One Price in Data Envelopment Analysis: Restricting Weight Flexibility Across Firms, Microeconomics (2003) View citations (6) (2003)

2005

56. How to attribute market leakage to CDM projects
    Climate Policy, 2005, 5, (5), 503-516
57. Measurement and Analysis of Eco‐efficiency: An Economist's Perspective
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2005, 9, (4), 15-18 View citations (11)
58. Measuring Eco‐efficiency of Production with Data Envelopment Analysis
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2005, 9, (4), 59-72 View citations (194)
59. Weak Disposability in Nonparametric Production Analysis with Undesirable Outputs
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 87, (4), 1077-1082 View citations (231)

2004

60. Does ignoring multidestination trips in the travel cost method cause a systematic bias?
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2004, 48, (4), 629-651 View citations (7)
    Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2004, 48, (4), 23 (2004) View citations (6)
61. Efficient Diversification According to Stochastic Dominance Criteria
    Management Science, 2004, 50, (10), 1390-1406 View citations (116)
62. Shadow Price Approach to Total Factor Productivity Measurement: With an Application to Finnish Grass-Silage Production
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2004, 22, (1), 95-121 View citations (15)

2003

63. Duality Theory of Non-convex Technologies
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2003, 20, (3), 273-304 View citations (29)
64. Measuring economic efficiency with incomplete price information
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2003, 144, (2), 454-457 View citations (20)

2002

65. Non-parametric production analysis in non-competitive environments
    International Journal of Production Economics, 2002, 80, (3), 279-294 View citations (19)
66. Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis under Price Uncertainty: A First-Order Stochastic Dominance Approach
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2002, 17, (3), 183-200 View citations (18)
67. Nonparametric Efficiency Estimation In Stochastic Environments
    Operations Research, 2002, 50, (4), 645-655 View citations (10)
68. Quadratic data envelopment analysis
    Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2002, 53, (11), 1204-1214

2001

69. Alternative treatments of congestion in DEA: A rejoinder to Cooper, Gu, and Li
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2001, 132, (1), 75-80 View citations (31)
70. DEA with efficiency classification preserving conditional convexity
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2001, 132, (2), 326-342 View citations (24)
71. FDH Directional Distance Functions with an Application to European Commercial Banks
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2001, 15, (3), 201-215 View citations (28)
72. Measuring economic efficiency with incomplete price information: With an application to European commercial banks
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2001, 134, (1), 43-58 View citations (47)

2000

73. What Is the Economic Meaning of FDH? A Reply to Thrall
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2000, 13, (3), 263-267 View citations (32)

Chapters

2015

1. An Introduction to CNLS and StoNED Methods for Efficiency Analysis: Economic Insights and Computational Aspects
   Springer View citations (4)
2. Discrete and Integer Valued Inputs and Outputs in Data Envelopment Analysis
   Springer View citations (6)
3. Stochastic Nonparametric Approach to Efficiency Analysis: A Unified Framework
   Springer View citations (49)